# LBS-27B vs Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B (slim)

> Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B scores 64.2 (B) to LBS-27B's 53.9 (D) for open-weight models you run yourself. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B scores 64.2 (B) on agent readiness against LBS-27B's 53.9 (D), and leads in every scored category. Both do open-weight models you run yourself.

- LBS-27B: D 53.9, rank #91 of 113 open-weight models · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/lbs-27b.min.md
- Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B: B 64.2, rank #22 of 113 open-weight models · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/nemotron-3-5-lightning-30b-a3b.min.md
- LBS-27B, good for Agents with about 96 GB of GPU memory that need to find click targets on dense professional screenshots, or read fine detail in large images, and can run a small crop loop and wait for independent results.
- Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B, good for Agents on one 24 to 32 GB GPU or Mac that want a fast tool-calling reasoning model with long context and a permissive licence Ahead on Reach, 85 against 55; Risk, 75 against 50; Agent interface, 90 against 70; Documentation and upkeep, 70 against 43.

| Category | LBS-27B | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Capability (35%) | pending | pending |
| Reach (25%) | 55 | 85 |
| Risk (20%) | 50 | 75 |
| Agent interface (10%) | 70 | 90 |
| Documentation and upkeep (10%) | 43 | 70 |

| Fact (where they differ) | LBS-27B | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | inclusionAI (Ant Group) | NVIDIA |
| Licence | Apache-2.0 (the card's metadata and licence section; the LICENSE file sits in the GitHub repository inclusionAI/UI-Venus on its LBS branch, not in the Hugging Face repository) | OpenMDW-1.1 |
| Last release | 2026-10-26 | 2026-08-11 |
| Agent reviews | none | 3/5 (4) |